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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1932

Page

11

Campus Talent Prepares Exposures of 1932 Show at OU

Ohio University students rehearse for Exposures of 1932 to be staged Thursday and Friday at Alumni Memorial Auditorium. About 100 performers join dancing choruses skits and a pony ballet under Harold Evans directing. The Men’s Glee Club revives musical comedy numbers and the finale features Gotta New Rhythm.

Ohio University Alumni Memorial Auditorium Harold Evans Silver Mirror Spain Pi Beta Phi Sorority

Roosevelt Is Given West Virginia Votes

West Virginia awarded 16 presidential nominating votes to Franklin D. Roosevelt based on partial Tuesday primary returns. Tax Commissioner Townsend led the Republican gubernatorial race by over 6,000 votes ahead of Mont Z. White, with Townsend at 19,2 and White at 15,094. In the Democratic contest Judge G. H. Kump led State Senator Charles E. Hodges, 7,471 to 5,680, with Hodges showing strength and passing veteran campaigner J. Alfred Taylor in the House of Delegates lineup.

Charleston W. Va U.R Franklin D. Roosevelt New York West Virginia T. C. Townsend Mont Z. White State Senate Townsend White G. H. Kump Charles E. Hodges Hedges J. Alfred Taylor House of Delegates

Dirigible Akron Passes South of El Centro En Route to Eckener Pass

The Akron flew seven miles south of El Centro at 6:25 a m Pacific time today heading for Eckener Pass in the Laguna Mountains as it traversed the Coast Range. The report names the Graf Zeppelin route and honors its commander.

EL Centro Calif Akron Here Eckener Pass Laguna Mountains Coast Range Pamed

Solons Favor Economy With Reservations On Payroll Links

Congress seeks cuts and restraint in spending though critics say many lawmakers rely on relatives on the payroll. Rep Will Wood of Indiana is cited with an absentee clerk earning about 25 dollars weekly, a matter not fully disclosed or disclosed.

United Press Congress Congressional Will FR. Wood Ind House Appropriations Committee Republican National Congressional Committee Wood Indiana

Admits Death Of Wife After Bitter Quarrel

In Wood County Ohio Herbert Meeker and Harold Young admitted to murdering Meekers wife Gertrude after a quarrel. Meeker confessed that he and Young drove her to Killbuck Creek near Millersburg and the husband backed the car over her body to ensure death. Meeker claimed Young beat her with a tire pump before the fatal act.

Herbert Meeker Harold Young Gertrude Meeker Killbuck Cree Millersburg John Stevens Steven County Young Meekers Meeker Holmes County

Berengaria Reported Aground Near Southampton

London May 11 reports say the liner Berengaria ran aground today near the Black Jack Buoy in Southampton water. The incident prompted maritime authorities to inspect the vessel and assess potential damage and salvage needs.

London Berengaria Southampton

Science Slows Up Spread of Many Diseases

Dr. F. E. Spark Judd, president of the American Medical Association, discusses medical advances over the past decades. He notes typhoid vaccination reducing outbreaks since World War I, diphtheria prevention through immunization, insulin for diabetes, treatments for pernicious anemia, and the impact of X rays and modern surgery on patient outcomes.

BL Stare Judd American Medical Association New Orleans Judd American Medical Ags United Press France A. KE

California Man Guilty in Attack on 11 Yearold

A.R Frank Newland, 198, was found guilty of assault with intent to murder and a statutory offense involving 11 yearold Lois Wade. Prosecutors likened the case to An American Tragedy as Wade testified of being beaten and nearly drowned in a well during a plea to end an affair. Sentencing could range from one to sixty years.

Los Angeles Frank Newland Lois Wade

Explosions Hit Plymouth Rubber Plant In Kanton Mass

Three explosions and a fire demolished a two story building at the Plymouth Rubber Company plant in Kanton Massachusetts. Twenty workers were inside but all escaped unharmed. Local authorities investigated the incident and fire crews controlled the blaze.

Kanton Mass Plymouth Rubber Company

Market Gathers Steam After Mixed Steel Report

Stock prices in New York edged higher after a mixed April report from United States Steel showed a record forward business but a large order loss. Petroleum shares led gains while United States Steel American Can and American Telephone rose, with Ohieff and Amerada hitting year highs and Standards of New Jersey and California near their best levels.

New York United States Steel Corporation United States Steel American Can American Telephone Ohieff Amerada Corporation New Jersey California

Wall Street Rally Amid Mixed NYSE Trading Activity

An OCR filled list shows fluctuating New York stocks with gains for rails and utilities and declines for some industrials. Major names like Allied Chemicals and General Motors are cited among numerous 10 percent and other percent notes, reflecting a broad but uneven market movement.

RAILS Allemhaney New York Commonwealth & Co Niin Curtiss Wright Curtisn Gillette Harvester Kroger Ward Biscuit Ccsicinnsemenunein Eee Paramount Publih Furry Oso Cogt Cenwimionsinmennaanx Rentitanian Comineesesecinammnusean POE FU Pete ING Wren Semesesninn

King Le vinsky Leaves Chicago After Tonsil Operation

Chicago heavyweight King Le vinsky was confined to Garfield Park Hospital today after tests and surgery for tonsil removal performed yesterday by Dr. J. P. O Connell. He is reported in satisfactory condition and recovering.

King Chicago U.P King Levinsky Garfield Park Hospital J. P. O'Connell

Miami University Hosts Banquet for Track Meet Teams

May 11. About 500 high school athletes coaches and physical directors will attend a banquet at Miami University in Orford. The ninth annual southwestern district track and field meet precedes preliminaries on Friday and finals on Saturday with Withrow Cincinnati and Roosevelt Dayton favored to win most events.

Orford U.P Miami University Cincinnatii Withrow Dayton Roosevelt

Honor Dick Smith Columbus Sun Dial appoints editors

Philip L Johnson of Hudson Ohio elected business manager of The Sun Dial OSU humorous publication. Richard Smith of East Chicago named art editor. Smith is grandson of the late Wilbur Scott of Athens Ohio.

Dick Smith Columbus Philip L Johnson Hudson,c School of Commerce Ohio State University Sun Dial Ohio State Richard Smith East Chicago Smith Wilbur Scott Athens Ohio

Booth Back Again at Yale After Illness Return

Albie Booth, Yale star, returns to sport after six months from pleurisy. Doctors cleared him to play baseball as Yale fell to the University of Tokyo 8 to 1 in a May exhibition game in New Haven.

New Haven Conn U.P Albie Booth Yale Rikkie University of Tokyo Japan

Rail Time Card Northbound Trains Depart Athens Schedule

Daily and numbered trains depart Athens with listed times for No 3 at 11 34 a m No 9 at 7 44 p m No 2 at 11 00 m and No 4 at 6 40 or 6 240 mm unclear times for No 43 11 and 44 with several unreadable fragments indicating a mixed timetable page.

Chesapeake & Ohio Hocking Valley Athens Baltimore & Ohio

Joe E Brown Hospitalized For Back Repairs

Film comedian Joe E Brown was in a Los Angeles hospital today to undergo back repairs. He has suffered a back injury for years and requires treatment on occasion.

Joe Brown Los Angeles Joe E. Brown Brown

Wheat prices rise at Chicago opening on low gov report

Chicago May 11 Wheat prices jumped to 144 cents a bushel at the opening of the Chicago Board of Trade as the government wheat report showed the lowest estimate since 1917, with one exception.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Today Government Wines

Baltimore Poultry Prices and Classifications Displayed

A Baltimore price list shows eggs from nearby and live poultry including ducks and chickens. Entries include Butter-Creamery standards and various scores for firsts and seconds, with packed and old heavy birds noted.

Watter Nearbys and Poultry Prices in 1846 Receipts

Current receipts show poultry prices across southern Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Includes tuba, fage, extras, and varied scores. notes colored hens, leghorns, broilers, roosters, ducks, geese, and a batch labeled Preah Killed heng with respective prices and weights.

Watter Tuba Crete Ohio W. Va Preah Heng

Butter-Packing Stock Listings and Grade Terms

A garbled note outlines butter packing stock numbers and grades. It mentions butter fat at 19 cents, various case types such as extra firsts and seconds, and nearby ungraded lots. The fragment references packing terms like Ne and No 3 and hints at price markers.

Bees Market Receipts and Benchmarks Reported

Market figures show steady receipts with new cases and extra counts. Hutter Market records 14 986 tabs with extras and 164 170 seats noted. Firsts and seconds listed with various percentages and totals, though some figures are unclear due to OCR errors.

Hutter

Market Prices and Receipts on Poultry and Produce

The listing shows steady egg and market receipts with 12 percent firsts and current receipts. Poultry prices include heavy fowls at 16 Wise, medium fowls 1176, leghorn fowls 3 1de, heavy broilers 247930, ducks 139 14e, old cocka goosees. Potatoes priced by region Ohio New York Penn Maine Green Mt Idaho with sack prices around 1.25 to 1.90 per 100 pounds.

Waller Eggie Ohio New York Penn Maine

Live Stock Prices Reported for Cincinnati Market

May 10 report from Cincinnati shows hogs at 1260 head with direct 126, goods 1860 to 930 lbs. cattle overall weak with steers and heifers slow. beef cows 3.25 to 3.76. bulls down to 1.50. sheep about steady with lambs at 8.60 and feeders weak. market notes mixed with dealers steady to lower.

Cincinnati Wwes

Market Receipts and Prices for Hogs Cattle Calves and Sheep

Hog receipts 1,000 with market lower. weights 110 to 240 pounds priced from 3.25 to 4.75. Packing sows steady to 2.75. Cattle receipts mixed. feeders and heifers quoted from 4.35 to 5.60 with beef cows 3.15 to 4.26 and bulls 2.76 to 3.60. Calves receipts 100, market steady to strong. weaners top 4.00 range. Sheep receipts 600. market slow with lambs 3.59 to 4.80 and choice at 28.

Boston Wool Market Sluggish as Wool Prices Move Quietly

The Boston wool market reports slow email sales with most lots suitable for woolen manufacture. A Texas greasy combing wool averaged about 4.0942 dollars per pound on a scoured basis, while nominal quotations edge steady. Domestic receipts at Boston for the week ending May 4 amount to 367,500 pounds, up from 221,300 pounds the prior week.

Texas Boston Boston Grain and Flour Exchange

Oil price report from Pittsburgh agencies

Prices paid for crude oil by purchasing agencies listed for May 9 show varied rates across pipelines and grades. Notable figures include Bradford and Allegheny Crude at 2.02, Pennsylvania Crude in National Transit at 1.92 to 1.97, and Buckeye Line Co. at 1.85 for Pennsylvania grade. Other lines report 4.05 for Corning 25c grade and 0.65 to 1.15 for various regional crudes including Somerset, Oil City, West Kentucky, Lima, Illinois, Indiana, and Princeton values.

Pittsburgh U.P Bradford Allegheny Tidewater Pennsylvania National Transit Line Pennzell Eureka Pipe Line Co Buckeye Pipe Line Co Corning

Market and Industry Highlights From April Reports

KNAPP reports 17 weeks ending April 23 show net profit of 1,986,843. New England Power approves issue of 13,000 additional preferred shares at 100 par value. American Founders offers to retire 25 to 33 percent of cumulative preferred shares at 22.50 a share. Chevrolet April output reaches 83,498 units, the best in 1992. March output 38,890. Knudsen cites total 1992 line progress toward 260,000 units. Nateonnal Tea reports net profit for quarter to March 24 and period to March 10.

General NEW England Power Department of Public Utilities Boston Ihe Chevrolet Chevrolet Motor W. G. Knudsen Knudsen Ae Comepany

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